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India TV, Filling Information Gap,
Connected Loved Ones After Bombs

By

Shefali Anand

Updated July 13, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET

The bombings in Mumbai -- and how citizens communicated afterward -- show how changes in the media business and the recent boom in cellphone use in India is changing how people try to track down loved ones and assure friends they are safe.

On Tuesday evening in India, eight bombs exploded on local trains at the height of evening rush hour, killing more than 200 people and injuring hundreds more. Almost immediately, more than a half-dozen news channels -- including national channels like New Delhi Television Ltd. or NDTV,...